Supplies:
Paint swatches
Objects in nature
Instructions:
Get an assortment of color swatches from the paint department, and head outside. Try to match the colors on the card to something you find outside! Work as a team, or have a competition. It’s not so easy as it looks. We never could find anything to match the [...]
Supplies:
Bagel
Peanut Butter
Cereal or Birdseed
String
Instructions:
Put the string through the hole in the bagel.
Spread peanut butter onto the bagel.
Stick cereal or birdseed into the peanut butter.
Hang the birdfeeder in a tree. Make sure it is hanging near a branch so the birds can reach it. Only hummingbirds can eat while flying!
Materials:
This is one of the coolest activities we’ve ever done. Our youngest son will sit for a long time and watch the ants as they work.
Sandwich cheese
Sidewalk with a couple of ants on it
Instructions:
Place the piece of cheese beside a crack in the sidewalk. If there is a piece of grass stuck in [...]
Materials:
Thin flowers or leaves (see note)
Coffee filters
Several heavy books
Instructions:
Open one of the books, and lay the coffee filter on the middle of one page. Arrange your plants on the filter.
Close the book, and place several more books on top. Leave the flowers in the book for five days.
NOTE: If you are a beginner, when [...]
